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The Psychologizing of Modernity

Mark Jarzombek

In The Psychologizing of Modernity, Mark Jarzombek examines the impact of psychology on twentieth-century aesthetics. Analyzing the interface among psychology, art history and avant-gardist practices, he also reflects on the longevity of the myth of aesthetic individuality as it infiltrated not only avant-garde art, but also history writing. The principle focus of this study is pre-World War II Germany, where theories of empathy and Entartung emerged; and postwar America, where artists, critics and historians gradually shifted from their reliance on psychology to philosophy, and most recently, to theory.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: Dec 28th, 1999
  • Pages: 340
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.25in - 6.32in - 1.05in - 1.32lb
  • EAN: 9780521582384
  • Categories: Modern - GeneralHistory & Surveys - ModernGeneral

Praise for this book

"well-informed, transdisciplinary, historical argument." Times Literary Supplement